Houston Fertility Journal

Think pursuing fertility treatments means that everything is now in your doctor's hands? Think again. The role of a healthy lifestyle and healthy body in fertility truly cannot be overestimated. This is true even when your body can't naturally get pregnant on its own. When you begin fertility treatments, there's still much you can do to boost your odds of a successful pregnancy.

Sometimes the strongest among us are the ones who smile through silent pain, cry behind closed doors, and fight battles nobody knows about.

It was a beautiful morning as I traveled down I-45 to an appointment I had been looking forward to for years. Traffic was crawling along the freeway, but my mind was racing a million miles a minute. I turned the radio off to reflect on the thoughts going through my head… Is the timing right? Is this what I’m suppose to be doing? Is our family complete? What if it ends up not working? What if we spend ALL of our money… ALL of our time… ALL of our energy… and still don’t get the baby we have dreamt about for so long?